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Serving and volunteering at Trent Vineyard

One of the best ways to feel at home at Trent Vineyard and meet others is to get involved. There's plenty to get involved with. Just in 2014, around 200,000 voluntary hours were given by our church members to serve others. Whatever your personality, skills or talents, there's something for everyone from helping on a Sunday to getting involved with one of the projects we run or have partnered with including The Arches, the Soup Run or Street Pastors.

​Serving and volunteering on a Sunday

With two church services every Sunday, there are plenty of teams you can join to help us
make sure everyone feels welcome and that everything runs smoothly. From helping people park their cars, serving tea and coffee, getting all the chairs set up, welcoming people as they arrive
and directing them to a seat to helping with media and sound, Trent Kids and Trent Youth,
there really is a job for everyone.

Loving our city

If you have a heart for serving the people of Nottingham, there are plenty of practical ways
you can get involved.

You can join the Soup Run to give out food and hot drinks to people in need on Friday evenings, many of whom are homeless. You can also head out into the city to offer prayer to passers-by and Saturday morning shoppers.

What about getting involved and helping out at The Arches...

​The Arches

The Arches is a practical resource and support centre for those in need across Nottingham.

We aim to provide an environment of compassion and care, where people feel they can
belong and are accepted; where they can build a sense of self-worth and confidence. We
want to be a place where we can be generous with our time, energy and practical resources;
where we can go the extra mile. The Arches provides practical support in the form of furniture, food, household goods and child and baby equipment.

​Other partner charities and projects

You can also get involved with one of the local projects we’ve partnered with.

Nottingham Nightstop

Nottingham Nightstop provides homeless young people with a bed for the night in the home of volunteer hosts.

Street Pastors

Street Pastors go out onto the streets of Nottingham on a Friday and Saturday to care for, support, protect and listen to people on a night out.

Trent Debt Advice

Trent Debt Advice is a free service to help people living with debt and money worries.

Nottingham Citizens

Nottingham Citizens is an alliance of local institutions across civil society who seeks to take common action on issues of social justice in our city and beyond.

Overseas

We support several ministries which are based overseas.

We partner with individuals and projects in India, Zimbabwe and Japan; a UK-based outreach project to Somalians, and we have connections with a project in Romania which provides a home for children with special needs. We also hold regular prayer meetings for the Middle East and the Persecuted Church.
Our support is demonstrated through prayer, personal involvement and practical help.

For more information on how to get involved prayerfully, financially, or to explore going on a trip,
come along to one of our events
or contact overseas@trentvineyard.org

Other ways of serving and volunteering

Just like Sundays, there are many ways to serve and get involved at Trent Vineyard during
the week. There’s Trent Kids, Trent Youth, courses and events like Alpha, exploring prayer or our carol service and
many more.

You can also sign up for our Gap Year, Discipleship Year or Discipleship Year Plus, all great ways to get stuck in, serve the church and grow alongside others.

You can find out more about Gap Year, Discipleship Year or Discipleship Year Plus below.

Gap Year

Every year we run our Gap Year for 18 to 20 year olds. Through serving, teaching, studying and lots more, we want to help you be all that you can be, discover more of who God is and His plan for your life, as well as have lots of fun on the way.

Watch our video to see what ZOE is all about

Discipleship Year Plus

Every year from September to July we also run a Discipleship Year Plus (DY+) for those aged 35 and over. It's also a part-time programme usually on a Thursday and a great opportunity to learn and grow alongside others while still having the flexibility to continue with your other commitments.

Getting involved

Take a look at the Trent Life magazine to get a flavour of all the areas you can get involved in and visit the connect area on a Sunday before or after the church service. We have a team on hand to answer any questions you may have.

Alternatively, you can get in touch during the week via email or give us a call.